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    • Moderators have final say on what and what does not qualify as appropriate. Use common sense, and if need be, err on the side of caution.
  3. 🧬 Keep it Real

    • Comics should be made and posted by real human beans, not by automated means like bots or AI. This is not the community for that sort of thing.
  4. 📽️ Credit Where Credit is Due

    • Comics should include the original attribution to the artist(s) involved, and be unmodified. Bonus points if you include a link back to their website. When in doubt, use a reverse image search to try to find the original version. Repeat offenders will have their posts removed, be temporarily banned from posting, or if all else fails, be permanently banned from posting.
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      Sí, por favor [Spanish/Español]
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The following artists are banned from the community.

  1. Jago
  2. Stonetoss
  3. GPrime85

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Note: This is not a rule, but a helpful suggestion.

When posting images, you should strive to add alt-text for screen readers to use to describe the image you're posting:

Another helpful thing to do is to provide a transcription of the text in your images, as well as brief descriptions of what's going on. (example)

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[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I do this with bus seats to avoid the sunlight, and it's really quite simple.

First, we'll ignore the movement of time. Focus on the bus route. Figure out which general direction the bus is going by simply drawing a straight line from src to dst.

If the line aligns more with north and south, avoid sunlight by looking at the time of day. If you're taking the bus ride in the morning, avoid the east side. Otherwise, avoid the west side. For example, if you are going south to north in the morning, you sit on the left side of the bus.

If the line aligns more with east and west, avoid sunlight by looking at the season. You need to take into account the latitude you are on as well. The sun moves between 23.5°N and 23.5°S through out the year. If you live norther than 23.5°N, always sit on the north side. If you live souther than 23.5°S, always sit on the south side. If you live at the equator, sit north on southern summer, south on northern summer. For those living in between, find out when the sun is overhead and switch sides after that day, or just follow the equator rule if you don't want it to be so complicated.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

quite simple.

Haha, feels like an xkcd I can recall

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Knowing the time and the cardinal directions give you the same power.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

I try to park my car so it will be in the shade when I plan on leaving. If I'm gonna be in some place longer than an hour or so, I really don't care if I'm in the shade now...I want it to be in the shade when I leave.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago

has the oddest sensation of déjà vu.